Robert Royal
The Devil and ‘Emerging Issues’
It’s often been said, though perhaps not often enough lately, that the Devil can cite Scripture for his purposes. Whether the Evil One is operative in many of the current approaches to Scripture – in university departments and some Church…
Rubio in Rome & The Synod Strikes Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqTr-mK0u1I On this week’s episode of the Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal break down a controversial new Vatican synod report on “emerging issues,” including testimony…
Confessions of a Catholic Writer
Someone asked recently what it’s like to be a Catholic writer these days. That brought me up short. Because the situation of a Catholic writer at present is pretty much like that of any Catholic – we’re all bewildered by the many things now that…
Death Knell for the Death Penalty?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEtOXDakSfk On this week’s episode of the Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo is joined by Father Gerald Murray and Robert Royal for a candid discussion on major issues facing the Church today. The Posse examines Pope…
The Pope, the Press, and the Present
Pope Leo travelled to four African countries this month, which included not only the usual calls for peace, justice, and brotherhood, but several touching and poignant moments with local communities. Let’s hope that the presence of this…
SPECIAL REPORT: Trump vs. Pope Leo – An Unholy War?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkgPdRDpU44 On this week’s Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal examine the escalating clash between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV – a rare confrontation between…
On a Darkling Plain – The Catholic Thing
I’ve been in Lisbon and, the past few days, Rome presenting translations of my recent book The Martyrs of the New Millennium. It’s encouraging that Christians in Europe are starting to realize the virulence and extent of anti-Christian acts…
What’s Driving the Easter Convert Surge?
This Holy Week edition of The Prayerful Posse dives into the global surge in Catholic converts—and why so many young people are returning to the Church. Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal explore the cultural forces behind…
Scott Hahn and His Happy Band of Convert Brothers
The feast day of the newest Doctor of the Church, John Henry Newman, is not his dies natalis (death) but 9th October, the day of his conversion in 1845. That date was definitive for the shape of the Catholic Church in England. So much good for…
Pope Leo & Pachamama and The Latin Mass “Inclusion”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIHm-pOb7zk The Prayerful Posse dives into major developments in the Church, starting with newly surfaced photos of Pope Leo XIV and questions about Pachamama—was it inculturation or a serious misstep? Father…